Partly, yes. But he also had to whoop the asses of two other fast Spaniards on track a few times, and he did that. Valencia doesn't really count, as he was avoiding trouble, check out for example Malaysia, when both were going as fast as they can.

And interestingly, MM took 4 extra points by leaning on JL on Jorge Lorenzo-corner at Jerez... and that's how many points separated these two in the end.

Re-upped. Loved every minute last year. Because of the feeds, this thread and Krop's site GP is huge fun.

Obviously this is Rossi's get faster or leave year. I don't think he can match the three in front of him - hope I'm wrong on that.

MM dodged a few bullets by crashing as much as he did and not getting any very serious injuries - I'm looking for that to change next year. Might open the door for Pedro.

I don't dislike Pedro but Puig just chaps my ass. If Dani dumped him I would be cheering for him as a hard luck underdog. As it stands I'm happy to see him 3rd just because I like to see Puig disappointed.

JL looked seriously determined at the test today, I'm really looking forward to the fireworks between him and Marq in '14.

Testing was great to watch today; looking forward to Hayden's reports once he's done tomorrow.

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I wish Gigi well, he seems to have great credentials and I have no doubt he will lead Ducati out of the wilderness if he is given free rein and adequate resources. It will definitely take some time though.

Honestly though. I already get the feeling he really could turn things around fast and we could see Dovi getting podiums in the dry before the end of '14. Although the cynic in me hopes not because of Nicky getting sacked. I hope NH is out to greener pastures.